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 1        AN ACT in relation to child support.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Public Aid Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 10-16.5 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/10-16.5)
 7        Sec.  10-16.5.   Interest  on  support  obligations.    A
 8    support  obligation,  or any portion of a support obligation,
 9    which becomes due and remains unpaid  for  30  days  or  more
10    shall accrue interest at the rate of 9% per annum.   Interest
11    on   support   obligations  shall  be  calculated  as  simple
12    interest.  Interest amounts shall  be  posted  on  a  monthly
13    basis  and maintained by each obligation as a separate amount
14    payable to  the  payee.   Current  and  accrued  amount  dues
15    transferred  to an arrearage balance as well as any arrearage
16    transferred  to  a  new  established  balance  shall   accrue
17    interest  on  the  balance  of  the  unpaid arrearage amount.
18    Terms of payment schedules on arrearage amounts, as a  result
19    of  a  court  order,  shall not affect interest calculations.
20    Accrued  interest  on  support  obligations  shall   not   be
21    transferred  to  established  balances.   Notice  of  accrued
22    interest  amounts  must  be  sent  to  all  parties  at least
23    annually.
24    (Source: P.A. 91-397, eff. 1-1-00.)

25        Section 10.  The Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
26    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 505 as follows:

27        (750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
28        Sec. 505.  Child support; contempt; penalties.
29        (a)  In  a  proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
 
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 1    separation,  declaration  of  invalidity   of   marriage,   a
 2    proceeding  for  child  support  following dissolution of the
 3    marriage by a court which lacked personal  jurisdiction  over
 4    the  absent  spouse,  a  proceeding  for  modification  of  a
 5    previous  order  for  child support under Section 510 of this
 6    Act, or any proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of
 7    this Act, the court may order either or both parents owing  a
 8    duty  of  support to a child of the marriage to pay an amount
 9    reasonable and necessary for his support, without  regard  to
10    marital  misconduct.  The  duty  of  support  owed to a minor
11    child includes the obligation to provide for  the  reasonable
12    and  necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs of
13    the child.
14             (1)  The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
15        support by using the following guidelines:
16          Number of Children       Percent of Supporting Party's
17                                             Net Income
18                  1                             20%
19                  2                             25%
20                  3                             32%
21                  4                             40%
22                  5                             45%
23              6 or more                         50%
24             (2)  The above guidelines shall be applied  in  each
25        case unless the court makes a finding that application of
26        the  guidelines would be inappropriate, after considering
27        the best interests of the  child  in  light  of  evidence
28        including but not limited to one or more of the following
29        relevant factors:
30                  (a)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
31             child;
32                  (b)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
33             custodial parent;
34                  (c)  the  standard  of  living  the child would
 
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 1             have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
 2                  (d)  the physical and  emotional  condition  of
 3             the child, and his educational needs; and
 4                  (e)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
 5             non-custodial parent.
 6             If the  court  deviates  from  the  guidelines,  the
 7        court's  finding  shall  state the amount of support that
 8        would  have  been  required  under  the  guidelines,   if
 9        determinable.   The  court  shall  include  the reason or
10        reasons for the variance from the guidelines.
11             (3)  "Net income" is defined as  the  total  of  all
12        income from all sources, minus the following deductions:
13                  (a)  Federal  income  tax  (properly calculated
14             withholding or estimated payments);
15                  (b)  State  income  tax  (properly   calculated
16             withholding or estimated payments);
17                  (c)  Social Security (FICA payments);
18                  (d)  Mandatory     retirement     contributions
19             required by law or as a condition of employment;
20                  (e)  Union dues;
21                  (f)  Dependent          and          individual
22             health/hospitalization insurance premiums;
23                  (g)  Prior    obligations    of    support   or
24             maintenance actually paid pursuant to a court order;
25                  (h)  Expenditures for repayment of  debts  that
26             represent  reasonable and necessary expenses for the
27             production of income, medical expenditures necessary
28             to preserve life or health, reasonable  expenditures
29             for  the  benefit of the child and the other parent,
30             exclusive of gifts.   The  court  shall  reduce  net
31             income  in determining the minimum amount of support
32             to be ordered only for the period that such payments
33             are  due  and  shall  enter  an   order   containing
34             provisions  for its self-executing modification upon
 
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 1             termination of such payment period.
 2             (4)  In cases where the  court  order  provides  for
 3        health/hospitalization  insurance  coverage  pursuant  to
 4        Section   505.2  of  this  Act,  the  premiums  for  that
 5        insurance, or that portion of the premiums for which  the
 6        supporting  party is responsible in the case of insurance
 7        provided through  an  employer's  health  insurance  plan
 8        where  the employer pays a portion of the premiums, shall
 9        be subtracted from net income in determining the  minimum
10        amount of support to be ordered.
11             (4.5)  In  a  proceeding for child support following
12        dissolution of  the  marriage  by  a  court  that  lacked
13        personal  jurisdiction  over  the  absent  spouse, and in
14        which the court is requiring payment of support  for  the
15        period  before  the  date an order for current support is
16        entered, there  is  a  rebuttable  presumption  that  the
17        supporting  party's  net  income for the prior period was
18        the same as his or her net income at the time  the  order
19        for current support is entered.
20             (5)  If  the net income cannot be determined because
21        of default or any other reason,  the  court  shall  order
22        support   in  an  amount  considered  reasonable  in  the
23        particular case.  The final  order  in  all  cases  shall
24        state  the  support  level in dollar amounts. However, if
25        the court finds that the child support amount  cannot  be
26        expressed exclusively as a dollar amount because all or a
27        portion  of  the  payor's  net  income is uncertain as to
28        source, time of payment, or amount, the court may order a
29        percentage amount of support in addition  to  a  specific
30        dollar  amount  and  enter  such  other  orders as may be
31        necessary to determine and enforce, on  a  timely  basis,
32        the applicable support ordered.
33             (6)  If  (i)  the  non-custodial parent was properly
34        served  with  a  request  for  discovery   of   financial
 
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 1        information   relating   to  the  non-custodial  parent's
 2        ability to provide child support, (ii) the  non-custodial
 3        parent  failed to comply with the request, despite having
 4        been ordered to  do  so  by  the  court,  and  (iii)  the
 5        non-custodial  parent  is  not  present at the hearing to
 6        determine support despite having received proper  notice,
 7        then  any  relevant  financial information concerning the
 8        non-custodial parent's ability to provide  child  support
 9        that  was obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper notice
10        shall be admitted  into  evidence  without  the  need  to
11        establish any further foundation for its admission.
12        (a-5)  In an action to enforce an order for support based
13    on  the  respondent's  failure  to  make  support payments as
14    required by the order, notice  of  proceedings  to  hold  the
15    respondent  in contempt for that failure may be served on the
16    respondent by personal service or by regular  mail  addressed
17    to  the  respondent's  last  known address.  The respondent's
18    last known address may be  determined  from  records  of  the
19    clerk  of  the court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child
20    Support Orders, or by any other reasonable means.
21        (b)  Failure of either parent to comply with an order  to
22    pay  support  shall  be  punishable  as  in  other  cases  of
23    contempt.  In addition to other penalties provided by law the
24    Court may, after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order
25    that the parent be:
26             (1)  placed  on  probation  with  such conditions of
27        probation as the Court deems advisable;
28             (2)  sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
29        not to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court
30        may permit the parent to be released for periods of  time
31        during the day or night to:
32                  (A)  work; or
33                  (B)  conduct  a business or other self-employed
34             occupation.
 
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 1        The Court may further  order  any  part  or  all  of  the
 2    earnings   of   a   parent  during  a  sentence  of  periodic
 3    imprisonment paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the
 4    parent having custody or to the guardian  having  custody  of
 5    the minor children of the sentenced parent for the support of
 6    said minor children until further order of the Court.
 7        If  there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient
 8    to render no financial  separation  between  a  non-custodial
 9    parent  and another person or persons or business entity, the
10    court may pierce the ownership veil of the  person,  persons,
11    or  business  entity  to discover assets of the non-custodial
12    parent held in the name of that  person,  those  persons,  or
13    that  business  entity.    The  following  circumstances  are
14    sufficient  to  authorize  a  court to order discovery of the
15    assets of a person, persons, or business entity and to compel
16    the application of any discovered assets  toward  payment  on
17    the judgment for support:
18             (1)  the   non-custodial   parent  and  the  person,
19        persons, or business entity maintain records together.
20             (2)  the  non-custodial  parent  and   the   person,
21        persons,  or  business  entity  fail  to maintain an arms
22        length relationship between themselves with regard to any
23        assets.
24             (3)  the non-custodial parent  transfers  assets  to
25        the  person,  persons, or business entity with the intent
26        to perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
27        With respect to assets which are real property, no  order
28    entered  under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
29    fide purchasers, mortgagees,  judgment  creditors,  or  other
30    lien  holders  who   acquire  their interests in the property
31    prior to the time a notice of lis  pendens  pursuant  to  the
32    Code  of  Civil Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of
33    record in the office of the recorder of deeds for the  county
34    in which the real property is located.
 
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 1        The  court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
 2    days or more delinquent in payment of  support  or  has  been
 3    adjudicated  in  arrears  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
 4    obligation  or  more,  that  the  parent's  Illinois  driving
 5    privileges  be  suspended until the court determines that the
 6    parent is in compliance with the order of support. The  court
 7    may  also  order that the parent be issued a family financial
 8    responsibility  driving  permit  that  would  allow   limited
 9    driving  privileges  for  employment  and medical purposes in
10    accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
11    The clerk of  the  circuit  court  shall  certify  the  order
12    suspending  the  driving privileges of the parent or granting
13    the issuance of a  family  financial  responsibility  driving
14    permit  to  the Secretary of State on forms prescribed by the
15    Secretary. Upon receipt of the authenticated  documents,  the
16    Secretary   of  State  shall  suspend  the  parent's  driving
17    privileges until further order of the  court  and  shall,  if
18    ordered  by  the  court, subject to the provisions of Section
19    7-702.1  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  issue  a   family
20    financial responsibility driving permit to the parent.
21        In  addition  to  the penalties or punishment that may be
22    imposed  under  this  Section,  any  person   whose   conduct
23    constitutes  a  violation  of  Section  15 of the Non-Support
24    Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
25    convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance  with
26    that  Act.   The sentence may include but need not be limited
27    to a requirement that the person  perform  community  service
28    under  Section  50  of  that  Act  or  participate  in a work
29    alternative program under Section 50 of that Act.   A  person
30    may  not  be  required  to  participate in a work alternative
31    program under Section  50  of  that  Act  if  the  person  is
32    currently participating in a work program pursuant to Section
33    505.1 of this Act.
34        A  support  obligation,  or  any  portion  of  a  support
 
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 1    obligation,  which becomes due and remains unpaid for 30 days
 2    or more shall accrue interest at the rate of  9%  per  annum.
 3    Interest on support obligations shall be calculated as simple
 4    interest.   Interest  amounts  shall  be  posted on a monthly
 5    basis and maintained by each obligation as a separate  amount
 6    payable  to  the  payee.   Current  and  accrued  amount dues
 7    transferred to an arrearage balance as well as any  arrearage
 8    transferred   to  a  new  established  balance  shall  accrue
 9    interest on the  balance  of  the  unpaid  arrearage  amount.
10    Terms  of payment schedules on arrearage amounts, as a result
11    of a court order, shall  not  affect  interest  calculations.
12    Accrued   interest   on  support  obligations  shall  not  be
13    transferred  to  established  balances.   Notice  of  accrued
14    interest amounts  must  be  sent  to  all  parties  at  least
15    annually.
16        (c)  A  one-time  charge  of  20%  is  imposable upon the
17    amount of past-due child support owed on July 1,  1988  which
18    has  accrued under a support order entered by the court.  The
19    charge shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions  of
20    Section  10-21  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be
21    enforced by the court upon petition.
22        (d)  Any new or existing support  order  entered  by  the
23    court  under  this  Section shall be deemed to be a series of
24    judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
25    thereunder,  each  such  judgment to be in the amount of each
26    payment or installment of support and each such  judgment  to
27    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
28    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
29    Each  such  judgment  shall  have  the full force, effect and
30    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
31    ability to be enforced. A lien arises  by  operation  of  law
32    against  the  real  and personal property of the noncustodial
33    parent for each installment of overdue support  owed  by  the
34    noncustodial parent.
 
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 1        (e)  When  child  support is to be paid through the clerk
 2    of the court in a county of 1,000,000  inhabitants  or  less,
 3    the  order  shall  direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in
 4    addition to the child support payments, all fees  imposed  by
 5    the  county  board  under  paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of
 6    Section 27.1 of the Clerks of Courts  Act.   Unless  paid  in
 7    cash  or pursuant to an order for withholding, the payment of
 8    the fee shall be by a separate instrument  from  the  support
 9    payment and shall be made to the order of the Clerk.
10        (f)  All  orders  for  support, when entered or modified,
11    shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the
12    court and, in cases in which a party is receiving  child  and
13    spouse  services  under  Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
14    Code, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, within  7  days,
15    (i)  of  the  name  and  address  of  any new employer of the
16    obligor, (ii)  whether  the  obligor  has  access  to  health
17    insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
18    coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
19    of  persons  covered  under  the policy, and (iii) of any new
20    residential or mailing address or  telephone  number  of  the
21    non-custodial  parent.  In any subsequent action to enforce a
22    support order, upon a  sufficient  showing  that  a  diligent
23    effort  has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  location  of the
24    non-custodial parent, service  of  process  or  provision  of
25    notice  necessary  in  the case may be made at the last known
26    address of the non-custodial parent in any  manner  expressly
27    provided  by  the  Code of Civil Procedure or this Act, which
28    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
29        (g)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
30    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
31    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
32    covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
33    otherwise emancipated. The order for support shall state that
34    the termination date does not apply to any arrearage that may
 
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 1    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this subsection shall
 2    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
 3        (h)  An order entered under this Section shall include  a
 4    provision  requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and
 5    to the clerk of court within 10 days each  time  the  obligor
 6    obtains   new   employment,   and  each  time  the  obligor's
 7    employment is terminated for any reason.  The report shall be
 8    in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
 9    the  name and address of the new employer.  Failure to report
10    new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
11    coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
12    60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
13    arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
14    set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
15    paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
16    entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
17    requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
18    other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
19    except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
20    emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
21    both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
22    party's address.
23    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-476,  eff.  1-1-98;
24    90-539, eff.  6-1-98;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  90-733,  eff.
25    8-11-98;  91-113,  eff. 7-15-99; 91-397, eff. 1-1-00; 91-655,
26    eff. 6-1-00; 91-767, eff. 6-9-00; revised 6-28-00.)

27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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